Genetics: Analysis and Principles 4th Edition by Robert Brooker

Exercise 1

Researchers have used the cloning methods described in Chapter 20 to clone the bicoid gene and express large amounts of the Bicoid protein. The Bicoid protein was then injected into the posterior end of a zygote immediately after fertilization. What phenotypic results would you expect What do you think would happen if the Bicoid protein was injected into a segment of a larva